Blinder



Z. T. MILLER.

BLINDER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. I3. 192|.

Patllted Feb. 14,- 1922.

jwuenffoo .I attorney;

Mr/vE.s.s:-

PATENT OFFICE.

ZACHARY` T.. MILLER, OF BLISS, OKLAHOMA.

BLINDER.

Specification of Letters atentl PatentedY Feb. 14, 1922.

Application filed April 13, 1921. Serial No. 2i6(),8'79.

T0 all wlzlom t may concern.'

Be it'lrnown that l, ZAGHARY T. Minnen, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bliss, in the `county of Noble and State of Oklahommhave invented certain new and usei'ul lmprovements inA Blinders, ot which the 'followin is a speciication, reference being had t erein to thel accompanying drawing.

It is an object ot this invention so to rorm a blinder ot one piece ot sheet metal that it may be associated adjustably with the cheek or other strap ot a bridle without' employment of other parts.

The invention further provides :tor the economical production ot blinders" by the stamping of blanks 'from sheet metal and the bending thereof to form the complete articles, which have guideways tor the straps and means for holding them adjustablyl therein.

When considered in connection with the description herein, the characteristics of the invention will be apparent from the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, wherein embodiments of the invention are disclosed for purposes of illustration.

Although the disclosures herein exemplify what now are considered to be preferable embodiments of the invention, it is to be understood that it is not the intention to be limited necessarily thereto in interpretation of the claims, as modiications and adaptations within the limits of the claims can be made without departingfrom the nature of the invention. f

Like reference-characters refer to corresponding parts in the views of the drawings, of which- F ig. 1 is a side view ot a blinder with straps attached thereto;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view;

Fig. 3 is an edge View;

Fig. 4: is a plan view of the stamped'out material of a blinder before bending; and

Fig. 5 is a side view of a modification.

Having more particular reference to the drawings, 6 designates a cheek or other bridle-strap, with which is associated a blinder 7.

The blinder is made of bendable sheet metal, which may be covered with leather or other suitable material, if desired, such covering not being shown herein, however, as it does not pertain to this invention.

rihe invention provides in each blinder a f guideway or channel for cheek or other scribed.

For production of the term disclosed by Figs. l, 2, 3, and. 1t, the stock is stamped or cut to afford at the upper and lower portions of the blank two comparatively long extensions or ears 8 and a shorter extension or ear 9 between them, these extensions projecting from the edge atv the strap side of what is to be the blinder.

The extensions are sufiiciently long to be looped over' and to afford, with the ma]l or por` tion of the material, overlapping guides. In the formation of these guides, the extensions 8 are bent outwardly Jfrom the material at 8a, then over as a web 8b substantially parallel to the major portion ot the material, and then toward the major portion at 8c so that the tree edges are brought into abutment with the material.

The intermediate extensions 9 are each formed with a central hole lO, through which is inserted a headed pin l1 constituting a. strap engaging and holding member. Those extensions are bent over against the major;- portion of the material and hammered or otherwise pressed closely thereagainst with the head of the pin under it.

That form oi' blinder is adapted particularly for association with a bridle in which the cheek-strap is integral with and forms a part of the crown-strap, such a strap being connected to the blinder by having end portions inserted in the upper guideway afforded by the extensions 8, and with the pin 11 extending through one ot the holes therein. In such a case, a looped strap l2 attached to a ring oit the bit is connected similarly in the lower guideway, both end portions of the strap being brought into engagement with the pin. However, such a blinder also is adapted to be associated with a single strap extending from one ring of the bit over the head and down to the other ring ot the bit and through both guideways of each blinder.

The blinder shown by Fig. 5 is formed in a similar manner, except that it has one guideway-forming extension 8 in its upper portion and one in its lower portion, with the bent-over pin-holding member 9 substantially midway between them.

Such a blinder is adapted particularly for association with a single strap connected in its end portions with the bit-rings, in which case the take-up free portions of the strap are brought into engagement with the pins under intermediate portions thereof, which also are held by the pins. However, by making the pins sufiicientlylong, the blinder of this form, as in the case ofthe first form described, may be used to connect free ends of cheek-straps and bit-loops by bringing the end portions of all of them into engagement with the pin.

It is unnecessary to use buckles or other separate fasteners to associate in a bridle blinders of the form shown and described, as the blinders themselves alford means whereby they may be connected to and adusted on the straps at the places desired, the straps being inserted in the guideways and adjustment made by bringing the proper holes in the straps into engagement with the pins. Moreover, looped straps, such as those used 'for connecting the bit, may be connected with the blinder by bringing both free end portions thereof into the guideways and into engagement with the pins.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A blinder of bendable sheet material having strap-guides formed of integral ears looped back over the material, an intermediate integral ear between two of the guides bent back against the materia-l, and a strap-engaging member extending `from said intermediate ear.

2. A blinder of bendable sheet material having strap-guides formed of integral ears looped back over the material, an intermediate integral ear having a hole therein bent back and down against the material, and a headed strap-engaging member extending through said hole and having its hea d under said intermediate ear and aga-inst the portion ofthe material overlapped thereby.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.V

ZACHAR-Y T. MILLER. 

